Sheffield Tigers Rugby Football Club is a

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team based in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

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. They currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system,

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, and are based at Dore Moor, Hathersage Road, Sheffield. The club run two senior teams, a veterans side and a womans team, the junior section starts at under-7's up to a colts XV.

History

Formed in 1932 they celebrate their 75th season of rugby in 2007. Since league rugby began they were long standing members of Yorkshire 2, managing to avoid either promotion or relegation for the first dozen or so years of the leagues. The arrival of former England and Halifax RLFC David Holmes spearheaded a new era and the club reached the final of the Tetley Bitter Vase at

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in 2000, securing a 20–11 win over favourites Bank of England RUFC. Despite finishing second, a restructure of the leagues meant that they remained in Yorkshire 2; as all ten clubs below them were relegated! Promotion the following year was accompanied by the club's first Yorkshire Shield win over Scarborough and the 'Tigers' stayed in Yorkshire 1 for two seasons before a disastrous campaign in 2002–03 saw them relegated back to Yorkshire 2. The arrival of coach Richard Selkirk and a host of new players saw Tigers promoted at the second time of asking in 2004–05, a year that also saw a second Vase win at Twickenham, this time over Solihull after a tumultuous semi-final win at Sidmouth. Further success followed in 2005–06 with the Yorkshire 1 title captured, and at their first attempt Tigers made it three promotions in a row in 2006–07 with a play-off win over

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rivals Lymm to book their place in North 1 for 2007–08. Three seasons later the club gained promotion from this league, now known as National 3 North, via a play-off victory over

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Ground

The Tigers home ground, Dore Moor, is situated on the northern outskirts of Dore, to the south of

with direct access to the A625. There is a club house and three pitches, with the capacity around the main pitch being approximately 1,000 (all standing).

Honours

* Tetley/Powergen Junior Vase winners (2): 1999–00, 2004–05 * Yorkshire Shield winners: 2000–01 * South Yorkshire Trophy winners (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 * Yorkshire League 2 champions: 2004–05 * Yorkshire League 1 champions: 2005–06 * North 2 (east v west) promotion play-off winners: 2006–07 * National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winner: 2010–11 * National League 3 North champions: 2015–16

Current standings

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield Tigers Rufc Rugby union teams in England Rugby clubs established in 1932 Rugby union in Yorkshire Tigers 1932 establishments in England